Feds invest further in hog industry initiative

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The government of Canada is helping hog farmers by investing in an initiative to combat disease and provide stability for the sector.

In March, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced the investment to develop and implement biosecurity best management practices, research projects and long-term disease risk management solutions.

What’s phase two?

In order to assist the industry in addressing mid- to long-term aspects of disease risk management, phase two of this $76-million four-year initiative, which was first announced in August 2007, will include:

– nearly $40 million invested in creating a national standard of biosecurity best management practices for the hog industry targetting the containment or eradication of Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases (PCVAD)

– research projects and the coordination of reporting of research related to PCVAD and other emerging diseases within the Canadian hog herd